How do you feel about going over your daily FAT GOAL?

sueberlin

How do you feel about going over your daily FAT GOAL?

lynn_glenmont

Absolutely fine.

diannethegeek

I treat my fat and protein goals as minimums to go over rather than maximums to stay under. Going over my fat goal within reason is a good thing for me, personally.

macchiatto

I'm fine with it.

inertiastrength

Since I love looking 5 years younger than I am and also having hair I'm pretty okay with it

annacole94

If you're in your calories, it's fine. Look at your weekly averages, too, and decide if you want the macros at the preset levels or something else. Somehow, over a week, I end up at the presets pretty much exactly.

sueberlin

Thanks I will do that.

livingleanlivingclean

Fine - fat doesn't make you fat.

crazyycatlady1

I don't track macros, makes things less stressful for me

jenilla1

Don't care. It's all about the calories.

ContraryMaryMary

I'm always over because I love avocado, milk and butter and, this week in particular, chocolate. I know most of my fats are healthy fats so there's no need for concern.

AnvilHead

diannethegeek wrote: »

I treat my fat and protein goals as minimums to go over rather than maximums to stay under. Going over my fat goal within reason is a good thing for me, personally.

^ This, exactly.

sugarlemonpie

It depends - I try to watch my fat, carb and sugar intake since my family is predisposed to high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes. However, take a look at where the fats and carbs/sugars are coming from. Are they fruits, vegetables and whole grains? Or are they oils?

bscroggins05

Fine. I go over on fat and protien most days. I just try to really watch sodium and carbs. All within my calories, of course.

ccsernica

It feels gooooooooooood.

Christine_72

I try to keep my fat up, never down. I added some thick cream to my smoothie today to bump it up a bit.

Fat helps keep me full, it is an essential and very important macro, and it tastes good!

If you're worried about the fallacy of eating fat makes you fat, rest assured it's BS. Excess calories are the only thing that will pack on the pounds.

sueberlin

sugarlemonpie wrote: »

It depends - I try to watch my fat, carb and sugar intake since my family is predisposed to high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes. However, take a look at where the fats and carbs/sugars are coming from. Are they fruits, vegetables and whole grains? Or are they oils?

Answer: They are only fruits, vegis, whole grains and yes also oils (but only olive oil and coconut oil and milk) maybe some eggs and some fish.

Ryokat

I keep an eye on saturated and trans fats and those are the fats I try not to go over on.

Lillymoo01

It doesn't bother me in the slightest if I go over my fat goals, or protein for that matter. I see these more as minimums. I do get a little annoyed if I end up with more than 50% carbs though. Not the end of the world annoyed, just a shrug and I'll do better tomorrow annoyed.

PaulaWallaDingDong

I don't have feelings about nutrients.

amusedmonkey

Just like I feel about going over my daily protein or carb goal. Doesn't bother me at all if I'm happy with my food choices. I try to strike a certain balance because I've learned from experience what makes me a happier dieter, but sometimes to be a happier dieter I need to break my own rules. Flexibility is more important to my personal dieting process than any pre-set "it works" guidelines.

missmince

It's only a worry if it happens a lot and your other macros are quite low. The WHO recommends staying under 30% of calories from fat (other sources say 35%) , but I've also read 15% minimum "healthy" fat is good. I think it's 9 cal/gram for fat, and 4 for carbs and protein, so portions are going to be small if you eat a lot of fat. If it's not saturated or trans fat, and you're staying within your calorie goal and paying some attention to nutrition, I wouldn't worry at all, even if it's several times a week.

For me, fish is what sends my fat way up, but it also has a lot of protein and good fat, so no problem. And occasional high fat desserts keep people (or at least me) from feeling deprived and quitting. Weighing high fat foods is really important, though. I've finally realized the least messy way to weigh peanut butter is just weighing the bread before and after. And making cake and quick breads in muffin tins saves weighing individual slices of high fat goodness.

zachsus

Fine. With macros, I focus on reaching a certain number (protein for muscle building/maintaining and fats for hormonal/energy balance... don't really care about carbs) and from there it's anything goes. The focus after that is to hit daily caloric goal.

Spiffy_Barbarella

My macro goals are 60% carbs: 20% protein: 20% fats, so that is actually very low fat. If I go a bit over 20% fat, I don't mind. Calorie totals are what really matter.

livingleanlivingclean

missmince wrote: »

It's only a worry if it happens a lot and your other macros are quite low. The WHO recommends staying under 30% of calories from fat (other sources say 35%) , but I've also read 15% minimum "healthy" fat is good. I think it's 9 cal/gram for fat, and 4 for carbs and protein, so portions are going to be small if you eat a lot of fat. If it's not saturated or trans fat, and you're staying within your calorie goal and paying some attention to nutrition, I wouldn't worry at all, even if it's several times a week.

For me, fish is what sends my fat way up, but it also has a lot of protein and good fat, so no problem. And occasional high fat desserts keep people (or at least me) from feeling deprived and quitting. Weighing high fat foods is really important, though. I've finally realized the least messy way to weigh peanut butter is just weighing the bread before and after. And making cake and quick breads in muffin tins saves weighing individual slices of high fat goodness.

Or, try putting the jar on the scale. Tare it, then take out what you need (or log what you take out). It'll show a negative number, that's the amount you took out....then you can lick the spoon/knife too!

missmince

Good idea. I used to try to measure a tablespoon out of the jar, then lick off the spoon (assuming no one was around to watch). Just using a knife and licking it is less likely to leave peanut butter on my nose than that rather inaccurate tablespoon. I love peanut butter so much. My favorite comfort food is PBJ.

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Roobyzooby

I have so far lost over 44lbs in 11 months concentrating only on the calorie count regardless of how the macros looked, for me it worked, so I saw no need to make it even more complicated by adding extra pressure in trying to fit my meals not only to a calorie count but also to hitting the macro percentages.

heiliskrimsli

I don't really worry about it if my macros are not perfectly in line with the targets, so long as the calories aren't over the target. They're usually close, and if they're not, one day is not going to hurt me. I'm not trying to go to the Olympics here.

MaddMaestro

Fat is fine as long as I'm still under my calories

Savagedistraction

Totally fine.